Rubicon Water (ASX:RWL) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -0.55 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Rubicon Water's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.66 Mil. Rubicon Water's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$2.10 Mil. Rubicon Water's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-5.06 Mil. Rubicon Water's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.55.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Rubicon Water's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:RWL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.53 Med: 4.7 Max: 12.92
Current: -0.42

During the past 2 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Rubicon Water was 12.92. The lowest was -3.53. And the median was 4.70.

ASX:RWL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 460 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.535 vs ASX:RWL: -0.42

Rubicon Water Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rubicon Water's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Rubicon Water Annual Data

Trend

Jun22

Jun23

Debt-to-EBITDA

12.92

-3.53

Rubicon Water Semi-Annual Data
	Dec20	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA		7.02	204.88	-0.21	-3.80	-0.55

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Rubicon Water's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Rubicon Water Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Rubicon Water's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rubicon Water's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Rubicon Water Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Rubicon Water's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(29.974	+	0.717)	/	-8.702
	=	-3.53

Rubicon Water's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0.655	+	2.104)	/	-5.058
	=	-0.55

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Rubicon Water (ASX:RWL) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

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Rubicon Water (ASX:RWL) Business Description

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Address

1 Cato Street, Hawthorn East, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3123

Website

https://www.rubiconwater.com

Rubicon Water Ltd is engaged in the water technology solutions business that designs, manufactures, installs, and maintains irrigation automation software and hardware. It generates revenue through sales of hardware, software, and services, as well as from ongoing maintenance of the installed end-to-end solution base.

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